ASP.NET MVC

As freelance web developers we are always on the lookout for new technologies to enhance and hopefully speed up product development.

After reading up about Microsoft's new MVC framework, we decided to build a new product using the technology.

Working closely with a local tax consultant and accountant, we have developed a new product which will be launched soon after beta testing is complete.

We found the learning curve fun, having come from a more familiar ASP.NET forms environment but now we are up and running with MVC we are happy with the choice. We have found that one of the main advantages of the technology is that it encourages 'clean' development and structures the website files and content in an ordered manner - although your choice of file storage is somewhat dictated, it does lead to a cleaner, easier to maintain website solution.

Highly recommended!

Advantages of Database Driven Websites

I got asked today "What are the advantages of a database driven website?"...so I thought I would put my answer or opinion to this question into a blog post.

OK, we have seen the internet host and serve static HTML websites for a number of years, these sites are still ideal for small brochure websites, advertising small businesses or services.

For businesses where content or stock is regularly changing - for example estate agents or car dealerships, a database-driven website is ideal.

So how do they work?
Basically a site framework, or template is created from which a handful of pages are built . These pages will typically contain some static content such as company contact information, company profile pages etc. Once this framework is in place, a set of dynamic pages are coded that pull the 'look and feel', or layout from the same site template as the static pages, but the content is built dynamically dependent upon some parameter passed to the page - this may be an estate agent's property id, or perhaps a car registration plate - basically anything that can then be passed to a database to uniquely identify a database record. This database data is then pulled automatically into the page and displayed.

CMS (Content Management System)
Most database driven websites have a content management system (or CMS) that can be used to maintain database content, and therefore website content. Users can upload new records, ammend existing content or delete data when it is no longer required. Some systems also have the facility to accept data from external data feeds.

Advantages
So what are the advantages?

...well the main advantage is that non-'tecchies' can update database-driven websites with no more than basic word-processing skills and some basic PC literacy. Once the data is in the website it can also be fed to external suppliers or portals such as Rightmove, Fish4Cars, Google Products, PrimeLocation etc. It is also possible to quickly create a large website should the data be readily available in a structured format.

Interested?
More information on database driven websites can be found on our main website.

Where Does The Term "Freelance" Come From?

I am sitting here, its a sunny afternoon and I am working on a rebuild of a large website for a historic castle.


Listening to Radio 2 (yep I know but I am in my mid 30s now!) I was interested to hear where the term "freelance" comes from - being a freelancer myself...

...well interestingly the term comes from a medieval knight that offered his lance free for hire. So now I know!

Pictured above: a medieval lance

JQuery

Welcome JQuery
As a freelance web developers we are constantly looking for ways to increase development speed and enhance end solutions. JPR Freelance are pleased to announce that all new websites will now adopt the JQuery technology to enhance customer websites.

HTML5 / Flash / Jquery
There is a lot of debate over Apple's decision not to support Flash content on Ipads / Ipods and the IPhone. For this reason we will be limiting the use of Flash in our websites and moving towards JQuery plug-ins to support our development.

For more information on Jquery, or to view some example plugins, please visit the JQuery website.

New Freelance Web Developer Site Live

Well the sorry time has come to say goodbye to the old JPR Freelance website and replace it with a new, more up to date solution - we eventually found the time to work on our own site!. Well what has happened to JPR Freelance since the days of the old lime-green website?...read on to find out...

JPR Freelance is now a full time concern. Based in Newcastle upon Tyne we offer freelance web developer services to small and medium businesses. These services include but are not limited to:

• web design
• web application development
• sms applications
• speech recognition and IVR solutions
• database driven / e-commerce websites
• cms systems
• bespoke software development inc data feed coding, API integration and custom programming.

For further information visit our Freelance Web Developer website.

The Office Hunt
We are currently sourcing new office premises and hope to be operating from our new location from early March 2011...watch this space for more details.

ASP.NET State List

An ASP.NET state dropdown list, should it be of use...

<asp:DropDownList id="State" runat="server">

    <asp:ListItem Value="AL">Alabama</asp:ListItem>

    <asp:ListItem Value="AK">Alaska</asp:ListItem>

    <asp:ListItem Value="AZ">Arizona</asp:ListItem>

    <asp:ListItem Value="AR">Arkansas</asp:ListItem>

    <asp:ListItem Value="CA">California</asp:ListItem>

    <asp:ListItem Value="CO">Colorado</asp:ListItem>

    <asp:ListItem Value="CT">Connecticut</asp:ListItem>

    <asp:ListItem Value="DC">District of Columbia</asp:ListItem>

    <asp:ListItem Value="DE">Delaware</asp:ListItem>

    <asp:ListItem Value="FL">Florida</asp:ListItem>

    <asp:ListItem Value="GA">Georgia</asp:ListItem>

    <asp:ListItem Value="HI">Hawaii</asp:ListItem>

    <asp:ListItem Value="ID">Idaho</asp:ListItem>

    <asp:ListItem Value="IL">Illinois</asp:ListItem>

    <asp:ListItem Value="IN">Indiana</asp:ListItem>

    <asp:ListItem Value="IA">Iowa</asp:ListItem>

    <asp:ListItem Value="KS">Kansas</asp:ListItem>

    <asp:ListItem Value="KY">Kentucky</asp:ListItem>

    <asp:ListItem Value="LA">Louisiana</asp:ListItem>

    <asp:ListItem Value="ME">Maine</asp:ListItem>

    <asp:ListItem Value="MD">Maryland</asp:ListItem>

    <asp:ListItem Value="MA">Massachusetts</asp:ListItem>

    <asp:ListItem Value="MI">Michigan</asp:ListItem>

    <asp:ListItem Value="MN">Minnesota</asp:ListItem>

    <asp:ListItem Value="MS">Mississippi</asp:ListItem>

    <asp:ListItem Value="MO">Missouri</asp:ListItem>

    <asp:ListItem Value="MT">Montana</asp:ListItem>

    <asp:ListItem Value="NE">Nebraska</asp:ListItem>

    <asp:ListItem Value="NV">Nevada</asp:ListItem>

    <asp:ListItem Value="NH">New Hampshire</asp:ListItem>

    <asp:ListItem Value="NJ">New Jersey</asp:ListItem>

    <asp:ListItem Value="NM">New Mexico</asp:ListItem>

    <asp:ListItem Value="NY">New York</asp:ListItem>

    <asp:ListItem Value="NC">North Carolina</asp:ListItem>

    <asp:ListItem Value="ND">North Dakota</asp:ListItem>

    <asp:ListItem Value="OH">Ohio</asp:ListItem>

    <asp:ListItem Value="OK">Oklahoma</asp:ListItem>

    <asp:ListItem Value="OR">Oregon</asp:ListItem>

    <asp:ListItem Value="PA">Pennsylvania</asp:ListItem>

    <asp:ListItem Value="RI">Rhode Island</asp:ListItem>

    <asp:ListItem Value="SC">South Carolina</asp:ListItem>

    <asp:ListItem Value="SD">South Dakota</asp:ListItem>

    <asp:ListItem Value="TN">Tennessee</asp:ListItem>

    <asp:ListItem Value="TX">Texas</asp:ListItem>

    <asp:ListItem Value="UT">Utah</asp:ListItem>

    <asp:ListItem Value="VT">Vermont</asp:ListItem>

    <asp:ListItem Value="VA">Virginia</asp:ListItem>

    <asp:ListItem Value="WA">Washington</asp:ListItem>

    <asp:ListItem Value="WV">West Virginia</asp:ListItem>

    <asp:ListItem Value="WI">Wisconsin</asp:ListItem>

    <asp:ListItem Value="WY">Wyoming</asp:ListItem>

</asp:DropDownList>

ASP.NET Country List

Please find below an asp.net country list, if it should be useful to someone!

<asp:DropDownList id="Country" runat="server">
<asp:ListItem Value="" Selected=true>Select Country</asp:ListItem>
<asp:ListItem Value="AF">Afghanistan</asp:ListItem>
<asp:ListItem Value="AL">Albania</asp:ListItem>
<asp:ListItem Value="DZ">Algeria</asp:ListItem>
<asp:ListItem Value="AS">American Samoa</asp:ListItem>
<asp:ListItem Value="AD">Andorra</asp:ListItem>
<asp:ListItem Value="AO">Angola</asp:ListItem>
<asp:ListItem Value="AI">Anguilla</asp:ListItem>
<asp:ListItem Value="AQ">Antarctica</asp:ListItem>
<asp:ListItem Value="AG">Antigua And Barbuda</asp:ListItem>
<asp:ListItem Value="AR">Argentina</asp:ListItem>
<asp:ListItem Value="AM">Armenia</asp:ListItem>
<asp:ListItem Value="AW">Aruba</asp:ListItem>
<asp:ListItem Value="AU">Australia</asp:ListItem>
<asp:ListItem Value="AT">Austria</asp:ListItem>
<asp:ListItem Value="AZ">Azerbaijan</asp:ListItem>
<asp:ListItem Value="BS">Bahamas</asp:ListItem>
<asp:ListItem Value="BH">Bahrain</asp:ListItem>
<asp:ListItem Value="BD">Bangladesh</asp:ListItem>
<asp:ListItem Value="BB">Barbados</asp:ListItem>
<asp:ListItem Value="BY">Belarus</asp:ListItem>
<asp:ListItem Value="BE">Belgium</asp:ListItem>
<asp:ListItem Value="BZ">Belize</asp:ListItem>
<asp:ListItem Value="BJ">Benin</asp:ListItem>
<asp:ListItem Value="BM">Bermuda</asp:ListItem>
<asp:ListItem Value="BT">Bhutan</asp:ListItem>
<asp:ListItem Value="BO">Bolivia</asp:ListItem>
<asp:ListItem Value="BA">Bosnia And Herzegowina</asp:ListItem>
<asp:ListItem Value="BW">Botswana</asp:ListItem>
<asp:ListItem Value="BV">Bouvet Island</asp:ListItem>
<asp:ListItem Value="BR">Brazil</asp:ListItem>
<asp:ListItem Value="IO">British Indian Ocean Territory</asp:ListItem>
<asp:ListItem Value="BN">Brunei Darussalam</asp:ListItem>
<asp:ListItem Value="BG">Bulgaria</asp:ListItem>
<asp:ListItem Value="BF">Burkina Faso</asp:ListItem>
<asp:ListItem Value="BI">Burundi</asp:ListItem>
<asp:ListItem Value="KH">Cambodia</asp:ListItem>
<asp:ListItem Value="CM">Cameroon</asp:ListItem>
<asp:ListItem Value="CA">Canada</asp:ListItem>
<asp:ListItem Value="CV">Cape Verde</asp:ListItem>
<asp:ListItem Value="KY">Cayman Islands</asp:ListItem>
<asp:ListItem Value="CF">Central African Republic</asp:ListItem>
<asp:ListItem Value="TD">Chad</asp:ListItem>
<asp:ListItem Value="CL">Chile</asp:ListItem>
<asp:ListItem Value="CN">China</asp:ListItem>
<asp:ListItem Value="CX">Christmas Island</asp:ListItem>
<asp:ListItem Value="CC">Cocos (Keeling) Islands</asp:ListItem>
<asp:ListItem Value="CO">Colombia</asp:ListItem>
<asp:ListItem Value="KM">Comoros</asp:ListItem>
<asp:ListItem Value="CG">Congo</asp:ListItem>
<asp:ListItem Value="CK">Cook Islands</asp:ListItem>
<asp:ListItem Value="CR">Costa Rica</asp:ListItem>
<asp:ListItem Value="CI">Cote D'Ivoire</asp:ListItem>
<asp:ListItem Value="HR">Croatia (Local Name: Hrvatska)</asp:ListItem>
<asp:ListItem Value="CU">Cuba</asp:ListItem>
<asp:ListItem Value="CY">Cyprus</asp:ListItem>
<asp:ListItem Value="CZ">Czech Republic</asp:ListItem>
<asp:ListItem Value="DK">Denmark</asp:ListItem>
<asp:ListItem Value="DJ">Djibouti</asp:ListItem>
<asp:ListItem Value="DM">Dominica</asp:ListItem>
<asp:ListItem Value="DO">Dominican Republic</asp:ListItem>
<asp:ListItem Value="TP">East Timor</asp:ListItem>
<asp:ListItem Value="EC">Ecuador</asp:ListItem>
<asp:ListItem Value="EG">Egypt</asp:ListItem>
<asp:ListItem Value="SV">El Salvador</asp:ListItem>
<asp:ListItem Value="GQ">Equatorial Guinea</asp:ListItem>
<asp:ListItem Value="ER">Eritrea</asp:ListItem>
<asp:ListItem Value="EE">Estonia</asp:ListItem>
<asp:ListItem Value="ET">Ethiopia</asp:ListItem>
<asp:ListItem Value="FK">Falkland Islands (Malvinas)</asp:ListItem>
<asp:ListItem Value="FO">Faroe Islands</asp:ListItem>
<asp:ListItem Value="FJ">Fiji</asp:ListItem>
<asp:ListItem Value="FI">Finland</asp:ListItem>
<asp:ListItem Value="FR">France</asp:ListItem>
<asp:ListItem Value="GF">French Guiana</asp:ListItem>
<asp:ListItem Value="PF">French Polynesia</asp:ListItem>
<asp:ListItem Value="TF">French Southern Territories</asp:ListItem>
<asp:ListItem Value="GA">Gabon</asp:ListItem>
<asp:ListItem Value="GM">Gambia</asp:ListItem>
<asp:ListItem Value="GE">Georgia</asp:ListItem>
<asp:ListItem Value="DE">Germany</asp:ListItem>
<asp:ListItem Value="GH">Ghana</asp:ListItem>
<asp:ListItem Value="GI">Gibraltar</asp:ListItem>
<asp:ListItem Value="GR">Greece</asp:ListItem>
<asp:ListItem Value="GL">Greenland</asp:ListItem>
<asp:ListItem Value="GD">Grenada</asp:ListItem>
<asp:ListItem Value="GP">Guadeloupe</asp:ListItem>
<asp:ListItem Value="GU">Guam</asp:ListItem>
<asp:ListItem Value="GT">Guatemala</asp:ListItem>
<asp:ListItem Value="GN">Guinea</asp:ListItem>
<asp:ListItem Value="GW">Guinea-Bissau</asp:ListItem>
<asp:ListItem Value="GY">Guyana</asp:ListItem>
<asp:ListItem Value="HT">Haiti</asp:ListItem>
<asp:ListItem Value="HM">Heard And Mc Donald Islands</asp:ListItem>
<asp:ListItem Value="VA">Holy See (Vatican City State)</asp:ListItem>
<asp:ListItem Value="HN">Honduras</asp:ListItem>
<asp:ListItem Value="HK">Hong Kong</asp:ListItem>
<asp:ListItem Value="HU">Hungary</asp:ListItem>
<asp:ListItem Value="IS">Icel And</asp:ListItem>
<asp:ListItem Value="IN">India</asp:ListItem>
<asp:ListItem Value="ID">Indonesia</asp:ListItem>
<asp:ListItem Value="IR">Iran (Islamic Republic Of)</asp:ListItem>
<asp:ListItem Value="IQ">Iraq</asp:ListItem>
<asp:ListItem Value="IE">Ireland</asp:ListItem>
<asp:ListItem Value="IL">Israel</asp:ListItem>
<asp:ListItem Value="IT">Italy</asp:ListItem>
<asp:ListItem Value="JM">Jamaica</asp:ListItem>
<asp:ListItem Value="JP">Japan</asp:ListItem>
<asp:ListItem Value="JO">Jordan</asp:ListItem>
<asp:ListItem Value="KZ">Kazakhstan</asp:ListItem>
<asp:ListItem Value="KE">Kenya</asp:ListItem>
<asp:ListItem Value="KI">Kiribati</asp:ListItem>
<asp:ListItem Value="KP">Korea, Dem People'S Republic</asp:ListItem>
<asp:ListItem Value="KR">Korea, Republic Of</asp:ListItem>
<asp:ListItem Value="KW">Kuwait</asp:ListItem>
<asp:ListItem Value="KG">Kyrgyzstan</asp:ListItem>
<asp:ListItem Value="LA">Lao People'S Dem Republic</asp:ListItem>
<asp:ListItem Value="LV">Latvia</asp:ListItem>
<asp:ListItem Value="LB">Lebanon</asp:ListItem>
<asp:ListItem Value="LS">Lesotho</asp:ListItem>
<asp:ListItem Value="LR">Liberia</asp:ListItem>
<asp:ListItem Value="LY">Libyan Arab Jamahiriya</asp:ListItem>
<asp:ListItem Value="LI">Liechtenstein</asp:ListItem>
<asp:ListItem Value="LT">Lithuania</asp:ListItem>
<asp:ListItem Value="LU">Luxembourg</asp:ListItem>
<asp:ListItem Value="MO">Macau</asp:ListItem>
<asp:ListItem Value="MK">Macedonia</asp:ListItem>
<asp:ListItem Value="MG">Madagascar</asp:ListItem>
<asp:ListItem Value="MW">Malawi</asp:ListItem>
<asp:ListItem Value="MY">Malaysia</asp:ListItem>
<asp:ListItem Value="MV">Maldives</asp:ListItem>
<asp:ListItem Value="ML">Mali</asp:ListItem>
<asp:ListItem Value="MT">Malta</asp:ListItem>
<asp:ListItem Value="MH">Marshall Islands</asp:ListItem>
<asp:ListItem Value="MQ">Martinique</asp:ListItem>
<asp:ListItem Value="MR">Mauritania</asp:ListItem>
<asp:ListItem Value="MU">Mauritius</asp:ListItem>
<asp:ListItem Value="YT">Mayotte</asp:ListItem>
<asp:ListItem Value="MX">Mexico</asp:ListItem>
<asp:ListItem Value="FM">Micronesia, Federated States</asp:ListItem>
<asp:ListItem Value="MD">Moldova, Republic Of</asp:ListItem>
<asp:ListItem Value="MC">Monaco</asp:ListItem>
<asp:ListItem Value="MN">Mongolia</asp:ListItem>
<asp:ListItem Value="MS">Montserrat</asp:ListItem>
<asp:ListItem Value="MA">Morocco</asp:ListItem>
<asp:ListItem Value="MZ">Mozambique</asp:ListItem>
<asp:ListItem Value="MM">Myanmar</asp:ListItem>
<asp:ListItem Value="NA">Namibia</asp:ListItem>
<asp:ListItem Value="NR">Nauru</asp:ListItem>
<asp:ListItem Value="NP">Nepal</asp:ListItem>
<asp:ListItem Value="NL">Netherlands</asp:ListItem>
<asp:ListItem Value="AN">Netherlands Ant Illes</asp:ListItem>
<asp:ListItem Value="NC">New Caledonia</asp:ListItem>
<asp:ListItem Value="NZ">New Zealand</asp:ListItem>
<asp:ListItem Value="NI">Nicaragua</asp:ListItem>
<asp:ListItem Value="NE">Niger</asp:ListItem>
<asp:ListItem Value="NG">Nigeria</asp:ListItem>
<asp:ListItem Value="NU">Niue</asp:ListItem>
<asp:ListItem Value="NF">Norfolk Island</asp:ListItem>
<asp:ListItem Value="MP">Northern Mariana Islands</asp:ListItem>
<asp:ListItem Value="NO">Norway</asp:ListItem>
<asp:ListItem Value="OM">Oman</asp:ListItem>
<asp:ListItem Value="PK">Pakistan</asp:ListItem>
<asp:ListItem Value="PW">Palau</asp:ListItem>
<asp:ListItem Value="PA">Panama</asp:ListItem>
<asp:ListItem Value="PG">Papua New Guinea</asp:ListItem>
<asp:ListItem Value="PY">Paraguay</asp:ListItem>
<asp:ListItem Value="PE">Peru</asp:ListItem>
<asp:ListItem Value="PH">Philippines</asp:ListItem>
<asp:ListItem Value="PN">Pitcairn</asp:ListItem>
<asp:ListItem Value="PL">Poland</asp:ListItem>
<asp:ListItem Value="PT">Portugal</asp:ListItem>
<asp:ListItem Value="PR">Puerto Rico</asp:ListItem>
<asp:ListItem Value="QA">Qatar</asp:ListItem>
<asp:ListItem Value="RE">Reunion</asp:ListItem>
<asp:ListItem Value="RO">Romania</asp:ListItem>
<asp:ListItem Value="RU">Russian Federation</asp:ListItem>
<asp:ListItem Value="RW">Rwanda</asp:ListItem>
<asp:ListItem Value="KN">Saint K Itts And Nevis</asp:ListItem>
<asp:ListItem Value="LC">Saint Lucia</asp:ListItem>
<asp:ListItem Value="VC">Saint Vincent, The Grenadines</asp:ListItem>
<asp:ListItem Value="WS">Samoa</asp:ListItem>
<asp:ListItem Value="SM">San Marino</asp:ListItem>
<asp:ListItem Value="ST">Sao Tome And Principe</asp:ListItem>
<asp:ListItem Value="SA">Saudi Arabia</asp:ListItem>
<asp:ListItem Value="SN">Senegal</asp:ListItem>
<asp:ListItem Value="SC">Seychelles</asp:ListItem>
<asp:ListItem Value="SL">Sierra Leone</asp:ListItem>
<asp:ListItem Value="SG">Singapore</asp:ListItem>
<asp:ListItem Value="SK">Slovakia (Slovak Republic)</asp:ListItem>
<asp:ListItem Value="SI">Slovenia</asp:ListItem>
<asp:ListItem Value="SB">Solomon Islands</asp:ListItem>
<asp:ListItem Value="SO">Somalia</asp:ListItem>
<asp:ListItem Value="ZA">South Africa</asp:ListItem>
<asp:ListItem Value="GS">South Georgia , S Sandwich Is.</asp:ListItem>
<asp:ListItem Value="ES">Spain</asp:ListItem>
<asp:ListItem Value="LK">Sri Lanka</asp:ListItem>
<asp:ListItem Value="SH">St. Helena</asp:ListItem>
<asp:ListItem Value="PM">St. Pierre And Miquelon</asp:ListItem>
<asp:ListItem Value="SD">Sudan</asp:ListItem>
<asp:ListItem Value="SR">Suriname</asp:ListItem>
<asp:ListItem Value="SJ">Svalbard, Jan Mayen Islands</asp:ListItem>
<asp:ListItem Value="SZ">Sw Aziland</asp:ListItem>
<asp:ListItem Value="SE">Sweden</asp:ListItem>
<asp:ListItem Value="CH">Switzerland</asp:ListItem>
<asp:ListItem Value="SY">Syrian Arab Republic</asp:ListItem>
<asp:ListItem Value="TW">Taiwan</asp:ListItem>
<asp:ListItem Value="TJ">Tajikistan</asp:ListItem>
<asp:ListItem Value="TZ">Tanzania, United Republic Of</asp:ListItem>
<asp:ListItem Value="TH">Thailand</asp:ListItem>
<asp:ListItem Value="TG">Togo</asp:ListItem>
<asp:ListItem Value="TK">Tokelau</asp:ListItem>
<asp:ListItem Value="TO">Tonga</asp:ListItem>
<asp:ListItem Value="TT">Trinidad And Tobago</asp:ListItem>
<asp:ListItem Value="TN">Tunisia</asp:ListItem>
<asp:ListItem Value="TR">Turkey</asp:ListItem>
<asp:ListItem Value="TM">Turkmenistan</asp:ListItem>
<asp:ListItem Value="TC">Turks And Caicos Islands</asp:ListItem>
<asp:ListItem Value="TV">Tuvalu</asp:ListItem>
<asp:ListItem Value="UG">Uganda</asp:ListItem>
<asp:ListItem Value="UA">Ukraine</asp:ListItem>
<asp:ListItem Value="AE">United Arab Emirates</asp:ListItem>
<asp:ListItem Value="GB">United Kingdom</asp:ListItem>
<asp:ListItem Value="US">United States</asp:ListItem>
<asp:ListItem Value="UM">United States Minor Is.</asp:ListItem>
<asp:ListItem Value="UY">Uruguay</asp:ListItem>
<asp:ListItem Value="UZ">Uzbekistan</asp:ListItem>
<asp:ListItem Value="VU">Vanuatu</asp:ListItem>
<asp:ListItem Value="VE">Venezuela</asp:ListItem>
<asp:ListItem Value="VN">Viet Nam</asp:ListItem>
<asp:ListItem Value="VG">Virgin Islands (British)</asp:ListItem>
<asp:ListItem Value="VI">Virgin Islands (U.S.)</asp:ListItem>
<asp:ListItem Value="WF">Wallis And Futuna Islands</asp:ListItem>
<asp:ListItem Value="EH">Western Sahara</asp:ListItem>
<asp:ListItem Value="YE">Yemen</asp:ListItem>
<asp:ListItem Value="YU">Yugoslavia</asp:ListItem>
<asp:ListItem Value="ZR">Zaire</asp:ListItem>
<asp:ListItem Value="ZM">Zambia</asp:ListItem>
<asp:ListItem Value="ZW">Zimbabwe</asp:ListItem>
</asp:DropDownList>